A MAN successfully underwent heart surgery and then died after he fell in a Birmingham hospital toilet, an inquest heard.

A MAN successfully underwent heart surgery and then died after he fell in a Birmingham hospital toilet, an inquest heard.

But Birmingham Coroner Aidan Cotter found that there was no gross failure in the way father-of-three Mohammad Akram Latif, 51, was treated by Heartlands Hospital.

However, he said the hospital should introduce a consistent and sensible form of note-taking after hearing that a nurse and doctor had failed to record vital information relating to Mr Latif's care.

Mr Latif, of Fernley Road, Sparkhill, was admitted to the hospital on October 8 last year after collapsing in a supermarket, the hearing was told.

After undergoing tests, doctors established that Mr Latif had suffered a heart attack and was at severe risk of a fatal one. On October 11, the former factory worker underwent routine angioplasty surgery and an insertion was made to hold a blocked artery open.

Mr Latif was prescribed anti-coagulant medication to prevent the thinning of the blood after the operation before he was sent back to his ward to recover.

At 8pm the same day Mr Latif was examined by a nurse who took his blood pressure but never recorded it because she was called away to the phone, the inquest heard.

Mr Latif was then allowed to walk to the toilet on his own where he fell and suffered a head injury, the hearing was told.

In the early hours of the next day, Mr Latif complained of a severe headache and he was checked by a doctor some time between 1.45am and 4am but an accurate note was not taken, it heard. He later collapsed and died.